On the morning of Oct. 19, 2025, four thieves armed only with angle grinders smashed a second-story window at the Louvre and made off with jewels the museum and French officials describe as “priceless ...

Some items are too exclusive to put a price tag on. Instead, these works are sold at high-end auctions, ultimately purchased for sums unimaginable to most people. For example, in July 2025, the ...

The world’s most expensive substances command their prices for very different reasons. Some, like rare gemstones, are valuable because nature produces them in such limited quantities. Others, such as ...

The renowned researcher and author B. Lovejoy recently published an intriguing study in History magazine on the most ...

When governments, corporations, or individuals decide that failure is not an option, spending starts to look different. Budgets stretch because the goal matters more than the price tag. Some of these ...

Each year, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the top auction houses in the country, put culturally significant blue-chip art from precious art collections up for sale. This year, both auctions took place in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's no secret that you need money to make movies. The '90s were the golden age of independent filmmaking, but the 21st century ...